Simply Russian

SIMPLY RUSSIAN was purchased by the Hollywood Syndicate at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale. This bay filly is sired by Captain Of All, out of the dam Russian Foxtrot (National Emblem), and was bred by Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud.

Bred by the well-known Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud, she is a filly by Captain of All, out of a National Emblem mare called Russian Foxtrot.

The mare has already produced 3 foals (2 runners / 2 winners) and both have already earnt some black type. The first foal, RIKITIKITANA won the Christmas Handicap (Gr3) and Rockin Russian ran 2nd in the Thekwini Stakes (Gr1) last year.

Specimen wise, she is very racy and will no doubt be an early sprinter before she gets more ground later on in her career.

Stable Placement:
She has been placed with Garth Puller who has been very happy with her progress thus far. .

Updates – Simply Russian:

May 10th, 2019

After opening up her career by running 3rd in both of her first two starts, we are now lifting our expectations for her next outing. Both of those efforts came over the 1000m and she clearly wants a little further. She has been nominated to run next Wednesday, 15th May 2019 over 1200m at Scottsville and she looks hard to beat. See the final field below:

April 21st, 2019
Another nice run by Simply Russian, finishing off strongly to run another encouraging 3rd. She looks like she wants a bit further and we will look to place her into a 1200m next time, where she should be tough to beat.

March 27th, 2019

A good debut by this filly to run 3rd today. As expected, she ran a nice race and the jockey reported that she was very green and has plenty more to come. She could be one to follow next time out. See the replay below.

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February 23, 2019

Simply Russian put up a text book Barrier Trial on the Greyville poly last night. The experience will do her the world of good and she could be one to follow on debut. See replay below:

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October 4, 2018
Update on SIMPLY RUSSIAN, our Captain Of All filly off the KZN Yearling Sale. She arrived at Garth Puller’s stable on Friday and the photos are of her first morning at track on Tuesday.

She is the third foal from the mare Russian Foxtrot. The first two foals were both Graded Stakes winners, namely:

Looking forward to this one. She has always been quite a leggy filly, but has really started to put on some condition in the last month.

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September 7th, 2018

Since arriving on the farm she has really flourished into a well topped, leggy filly. She has been broken in and is currently trotting and we are very happy with the way she is going. She will more than likely take a bit of time, but we are going to get cracking with her in the next few weeks and she will come into Garth Pullers KZN yard at Summerveld to start the next phase of her career.